Today I listen to American hip hop/rap rock band, Beastie Boys perform Girls from their 1986 album, Licensed to Ill.

Chapters
00 – Intro
17 – Girls
2:34 – My thoughts
4:48 – Who are Beastie Boys?

Links
Original Video:

Beastie Boys playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBB2gzIfBhnXkEQ3iF2V4Z4tcM5FbQ-b_

Hip Hop playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBB2gzIfBhnUbNsQmgOd-1TqevxAnedrt

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981. After achieving local success with the 1983 comedy hip hop single “Cooky Puss”, Beastie Boys made a full transition to hip hop, and Schellenbach left. They toured with Madonna in 1985 and a year later released their debut album, Licensed to Ill (1986), the first rap album to top the Billboard 200 chart.

Licensed to Ill is their debut studio album, released on November 15, 1986, by Def Jam and Columbia Records. The album became the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart, and was the second rap album to become a platinum album. It is one of Columbia Records’ fastest-selling debut records to date and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2015 for shipping over ten million copies in the United States. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Girls is track six, written by Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin. On May 6, 1987 it was released as a single with a music video.

“We get a lot of shit for things that were done at those times, and in a lot of ways I think rightfully so. It’s really scary when you do something as a goof that then 4 million people take for real: `Girls to do the dishes, cool!’ Dude, no, that wasn’t really the idea. It’s hard. Then again, it’s still like that now, there’s always that fine line, people don’t really know when you’re goofing.” –From Eric Gladstone’s April 1994 piece for AP…

Lyrics
[Intro]
Girls!
All I really want is (Girls!)
And in the morning it’s (Girls!)
‘Cause in the evening it’s (Girls!)

[Verse 1]
I like the way that they walk
And it’s chill to hear them talk
And I can always make ’em smile
From White Castle to the Nile

[Verse 2]
Back in the day (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
There was this girl around the way (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
She liked my home-piece MCA (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
He said he would not give her play (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
I asked him “Please?”, he said “You may” (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
Her pants were tight, and that’s ok (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
If she would dance, I would DJ (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
We took a walk down to the bay

[Verse 3]
I hope she’ll say (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
“Hey, me and you should hit the hay!” (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
I asked her out, she said “No way!”(bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
I should’ve probably guessed her gay (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
So I broke north with no delay (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
I heard she moved real far away (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
That was two years ago this May (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
I seen her just the other day
Jockin’ Mike D to my dismay

[Outro]
(Girls!) To do the dishes
(Girls!) To clean up my room
(Girls!) To do the laundry
(Girls!) And in the bathroom
(Girls!) That’s all I really want is girls (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
Two at a time – I want girls (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
With new-wave hairdos – I want girls (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)
I ought to whip out my – girls, girls, girls, girls, girls….! (bom, bom, bom-bom, bom-bom, bom, bom, bom-bom)